Zing (TV channel)
| Zing | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1990 |
| Owned by | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| Audience share |
India: 40% (September 2015, BARC[1]) |
| Slogan | Ekdum Awesome |
| Formerly called |
Music Asia (1990-2000) Zee Muzic (2000-2009) |
| Website | Official website |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| StarSat TV South Africa | Channel 512 |
| CanalSat Reunion | Channel 144 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 671 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 789 (SD) |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 674 |
| Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 561 |
| CanalSat Maurice | Channel 144 |
| Cable | |
| F.D.I Digital Cable (India) | Channel 304 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 147 |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 813 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 764 |
| IPTV | |
| Bouygues Telecom (France) | Channel 740 |
| SFR (France) | Channel 760 |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 84 |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 313 (Coming Soon) |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only)[2] |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only)[3] |
Zing, formerly known as Zee Muzic and Music Asia, is an India-based satellite music television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, which carries broadcasts in Hindi and other regional languages of India. It also broadcasts in South Asia and Europe. It is promoted by the Essel Group. Zing was first launched in 1997 as Music Asia, relaunched as Zee Muzic in 2000, revamped in 2005 and finally repackaged as Zing in April 2009.[4]
Zing features humour, animation, spoofs and celebrity lifestyle in addition to music. Zing also has Chillax Mornings, a non-stop musical extravaganza for music lovers.
Zing for the Asia region is uplinked from Noida in India and uses Asiasat-3S.
In the UK, Zee Muzic was rebranded as Zing on 2 October 2009.[5]
On July 21, 2011, Zing TV officially launched in North America on the Dish Network platform.[6]
Controversy
Zee media banned Sonu Nigam after he tweeted in support of politician Dr. Kumar Vishwas.[7][8][9]
Programming
- Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
- Aye Zindagi
- Bad Company
See also
References
- ↑ BARC
- ↑ Watch live
- ↑ Watch live
- ↑ "Zee Muzic transforms itself into Zing". April 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ↑ "End of an era: ZEE Muzic replaced with Zing". Biz Asia. 2009-10-02.
- ↑ "Apartment TV Provider for Multi-Family Units | DISH Business". Commercial.dishnetwork.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑
- ↑ "News18.com: CNN News18 Latest News, Breaking News India, Current News Headlines". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ↑ "Sonu Nigam accuses music company of announcing ban on him : Bollywood, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2017-07-16.